Kettle and pan lifter.



F. & A. L. MILLER.

KETTLE AND PAN LIFTBR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 190s.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

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UNITED STATS ATENT FFICE.

FRED MILLER AND ALPHA L. MILLER, OF THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN.

KETTLE AND PAN LIFTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRED MILLER and ALPHA L. MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Three Rivers, in the county of St. Joseph, State of Michigan, have .invented a new and useful Kettle and Pan Lifter, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to kettle and lifters.

rl`he objects of the invention are the provision in a merchantable form, of a device of the above-mentioned class which shall be inexpensive in construction, facile in operation and devoid of complicated parts; the provision in an improved form, of a kettle and pan lifter adapted to seize and hold firmly, vessels of various sizes, while they are being raised vertically, as from a tire, or tilted as is done when it is desired to void the contents of the vessels; the provision of a kettle and pan lifter which may be readily attached to and detached from, the vessel to be lifted.

`With these and other objects in view, as will hereinafter more fully appear', the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawing, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made without departing from the spirit p an or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

The accompanying drawing shows in perspective our invention in the act of grasping and tilting a cooking pot, similar numerals of reference being employed to indicate corresponding parts. n

In carrying out our invention, we provide a lower handle 1, prefe 'ably formed from the wire. The handle 1 is U shaped and near the terminals of the arms 7 of the U, is bent upon itself to form the oppositely disposed eyes 2, the terminals themsel being bent downward to form the hooks 3, adapted to engage the bead 4 of a cooking-pot 5.

Slidably mounted upon the lower handle 1 is the catch 6, frictionally held by the arms 7, which may be caused to diverge, with this holding function in view. The catch G comprises a plate 8, pierced to receive the arms 7 and normally disposed thereto, and ashoulder 9, projecting from the plate at substan- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application led August 5, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

Serial No. 447,119.

The arms 7 are given a slight divergence I in order to hold frictionally the catch 6, and, after the hooks 3 have been placed about the bead 4, the catch 6 may, by moderated digital pressure, be slid toward t-he hooks 3 to bring the shoulder 9 beneath the bead 4, where it will be frictionally retained.

rlhe arms 13 are conveXed toward each other andthe degree of this convexity is such as to make the sliding adjustment of the 'teeth 14 more ditiicult than the sliding adjustment of the catch (S, themultiplicity of the teeth 14 furnishing sutiicient adjust ment to accommodate the rise of any ordinary bail 15.

After the catch 6 has been shoved into engagement with the bead 4 as hereinbefore described, the upper handle 11 is raised, bringing the bail 15 between certain of the teeth 14, where it will be retained. The vessel may thenbe lifted from the re by the handles 1 and 11, and tilted to drain the contents, as shown in the accompanying p rspective.

Having thus described our invention, our claim is as follows In a device of the class described, a lower handle; a resilient U-shaped upper handle comprising arms laterally eonveXed toward each other and pivoted terminally in the lower handle; slidably mounted upon the arms, transversely disposed plates, spaced apart and having apertures arranged to receive the arms; a serrated member uniting the plates.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures 1n the presence of witnesses.

FRED MILLER. ALPHA L. MLLER. 

